Halozyme’s offer comes as Evotec deals with several business setbacks and a languishing stock price. Earlier this year, Evotec implemented a cost-saving corporate restructuring. The post Halozyme Makes Unsolicited €2B Takeover Bid for Drug R&D Services Firm Evotec appeared first on MedCity News.
To overcome challenges and ensure that RPM reaches its full potential, both providers and payers need to implement several key strategies — and technology is a key component to making everything easier on all organizations. The post Remote Patient Monitoring Works … What are Payers and Providers Waiting for? appeared first on MedCity News.
Fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grade report sees reductions in healthcare-associated infections nationwide
This brief provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage plans that are available for 2025 and key trends over time. The average Medicare beneficiary will have the option of 34 Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans in 2025, 2 fewer than the 36 options available in 2024. The average Medicare beneficiary can choose among plans…
This brief provides an overview of premiums and benefits in Medicare Advantage plans that are available for 2025 and key trends over time. Two-thirds of all Medicare Advantage plans with Part D prescription drug coverage (MA-PDs) (67%) will charge no premium (other than the Part B premium) in 2025, similar to 2024 (66%). Nearly all…
The best healthcare technology emerges from collaborative efforts. Here’s why working alongside physicians, nurses, and home health caregivers builds a stronger foundation. The post Centering Caregiver and Provider Feedback in Home-Based Care Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.
Self-pay collections are challenging for healthcare organizations of all shapes and sizes, but particularly for mid-size providers. Caught in an awkward middle ground, these organizations are often too large to operate with the agility and personal touch of small clinics, but too small to leverage the economies of scale available to large health systems. Revenue…
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit. KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how government decisions undermine Black health — reviewing court and inspection records and government reports, and interviewing dozens of academic…
In April, just 12 weeks into her pregnancy, Kathleen Clark was standing at the receptionist window of her OB-GYN’s office when she was asked to pay $960, the total the office estimated she would owe after she delivered. Clark, 39, was shocked that she was asked to pay that amount during this second prenatal visit….
By TAMARA MANNS I walked into the emergency department already knowing the outcome. In these same rooms I had told women having the same symptoms as me, “I am so sorry, there is nothing we can do for a miscarriage”. I handed them the same box of single ply tissues I was now sobbing into,…